Australians: We have road trains! British: Oh, that's very interesting. ;)
@asingh5482
3 жыл бұрын
Hats off to people to maintain these amazing machines.
@kuntakinte4333
3 жыл бұрын
" Daddy, have you seen my wooden building blocks? " 😬
@carolineforbes8889
3 жыл бұрын
Yep son. Keeping us warm 😁
@kuntakinte4333
3 жыл бұрын
@@carolineforbes8889 ...and power us to your date with the dentist. It's a win-win situation. Ok... for me, not for you 😇
@53jed
6 жыл бұрын
That first shot from under the grate was great.
@vazk-thret
2 жыл бұрын
ages have past, since these machines had been coveted, no longer seen as the wonderous piece of human ingenuity that they are. stained and replaced, rusted and worn, these machines wither in silence and suffering. yet even in the cold, uncaring world, unable to see the perfection in even the oldest of machines. there are the faithful, those that know the centuries of curiosity, and hard work, in each of these relics. these faithful few that rip away the cruel chains of rust, and remind these hardworking machines. that no matter how old they are, they will always be the glorious creations of mankind, deserving of respect and admiration. praise the wheel, praise progress
@naarealy
3 жыл бұрын
100 years from now, will people gaze upon diesel powered vehicles with equal parts horror, bewilderment and fascination? A very nice sturdy bit of engineering you have there!
@solutionrecruiter7130
3 жыл бұрын
No not really...diesels can run on any oil...
@naarealy
3 жыл бұрын
@@solutionrecruiter7130 I was thinking more along the lines of ..."wait, people used to drive these smoke belching machines every day? Millions and millions of them?! It's like a delightful Rube Goldberg machine that spews pollutants." Or something like that.
@FoosaStomp
3 жыл бұрын
@@naarealy that is too funny, you actually think we will be so enlightened in our progress by then 😂. Provided we are still here at all that is.
@Rafael-mc6yv
2 жыл бұрын
that nothing, people will say "how we pollute our soil because of the dirty marketing of battery companies"
@johndavidson3424
2 жыл бұрын
Average gasoline powered lorries existed back then including gasoline cars that replaced the torqueir, cheaper steam cars, and steam powered (although old at that time too),was an option, but it was a more sensible one as it was torqueir and more efficient(cheaper), and just like the sensible steam options for heavy vehicles, so it was preferred, later, we got to see diesels coming, after Rudolf's invention which were even torqueir, more efficient and much cleaner(though still dirtier than petrols since it's a more incomplete and unrefined combustion system, and release other fumes much polluting than CO²)than steam, so I mean to say just like how diesels replaced steams, electric A.C motors which is even more cleaner, efficient and torquey may replace diesels for heavy vehicles like public transport, and trucks. Though gasoline may still exists, and in cars, since not everyone can satisfy their needs just with public transports unless they live in cities and don't need to go anywhere particular, or some may just want a personal car, and electric is unreliable, not sensible and unnecessary tech for vehicles like cars, it's not eco friendly either cause Electric needed for each many individual cars is more harmful than the pollution caused by making petrol fuel, and for the diesels, even though efficient, may be replaced because it's polluting(though less polluting and sensible than EV's for cars), and the torque potential can be almost the same due to newer Direct injection tech on petrols(These tech may even increase efficiency in petrols, hence reducing the benefits of a diesel), while producing more power for lesser displacement. Thus, I mean that, although people may not agree or believe in what I think, if it's true, you would be correct that diesels would be fascinated one day as they would be replaced by EV tech.
@paulkurilecz4209
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to have one of those.
@GrandTrunkWestern85
3 жыл бұрын
That's amazing I knew steam cars existed but heavy duty steam trucks incredible!
@carolineforbes8889
3 жыл бұрын
They had steam cranes and tractors and motor bikes .
@GrandTrunkWestern85
3 жыл бұрын
@@carolineforbes8889 I knew about heavy equipment but also didn't know about motorbikes
@carolineforbes8889
3 жыл бұрын
@@GrandTrunkWestern85 they even did a walk behind rotary. A a smack track bulldozer. I don't think there be many left in the world today. In Australia the liberal party are trying to back hydrogen car's.
@RockingJOffroad
6 жыл бұрын
That is an interesting machine, some of the parts seem so modern, while it is steam powered.
@callumhardy5098
4 жыл бұрын
Rocking J Metalworks - John Brock Not modern at all
@b111372
4 жыл бұрын
Damn that's some good entertainment..
@micahwhite7484
16 күн бұрын
"Shall we take the scenic route home, sir?" "Lad, when you're driving this machine, YOU make every route scenic..."
@Landtechnikoldies_Flo
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful engine! Great Video :)
@WisdomShortvids
Жыл бұрын
stunning
@alcopower5710
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty modern looking..........beautiful for sure
@angeldemi8510
6 жыл бұрын
Its awesome
@JoseLuis-ob8bn
4 жыл бұрын
ESPECTACULAR SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA 👍👍👍👍
@nidortydiscos8215
6 жыл бұрын
Ive came off facebook and im missing all your pictures off you an richard an hercules. Hercules looking mighty as always. Hope he doesnt need to much done this winter. Keep up the good videos john
@sparkster7744
4 жыл бұрын
This vehicle is the most steampunk thing I've ever seen
@gramursowanfaborden5820
3 жыл бұрын
steampunk as a concept is an insult to real steam power
@liammeech3702
3 жыл бұрын
@@gramursowanfaborden5820 how so?
@gramursowanfaborden5820
3 жыл бұрын
@@liammeech3702 because it's no more than a fashion trend really, quite superficial. steampunk is an aesthetic, a visual style, and because of it's popularisation, in a way, it devalues steam power and makes it seem like some bygone technology that has no practical usage today beyond just looking cool.
@liammeech3702
3 жыл бұрын
@@gramursowanfaborden5820 I noticed you have an Irish profile... I found near the Giant's Causeway an Irish narrow gauges railway
@gramursowanfaborden5820
3 жыл бұрын
@@liammeech3702 i have a bit of Irish blood but 90% of me is from the UK, i'm from Cornwall, which anyone could easily mistake for County Cork or Kerry in the culture and scenery. over here there's lots of "engine houses" where huge steam engines were used to pump water out of mines. we also have the "Trevithick Day" a local festival celebrating Richard Trevithick's invention of the first truly high pressure steam engine, and incidentally, the first locomotive/traction engine as well. good day out, i may see you there if corona relents.
@markreynolds3850
3 жыл бұрын
This is cool truck
@britishreaction54
5 жыл бұрын
First a bad fall and a really bad break, then lying under the grate while burning material is hurled onto it. You are determined to hurt yourself with that lorry!
@howder1951
5 жыл бұрын
Impressive machine John, out of curiosity ,what does it weigh in at?
@Kromaatikse
3 жыл бұрын
According to the markings on the cab side, 9 tons 10 cwt (ie. 9.5 long tons) unladen. That's a lot of weight to move with a nominally 100hp boiler and engine, which is why it isn't very fast up hills.
@kumarsanjeevasingh19
5 ай бұрын
That Wagon going home
@asjenmensink2740
3 жыл бұрын
imagine arriving late to work in one of these. Sorry boss. Forgot i needed half an hour to fire up ma steam truck
@vctrsone
Жыл бұрын
Crazy how much energy a little bit of burning coal has.
@luthfienursantosowibowo4431
2 жыл бұрын
max speed in mile or in kilometer per hour. if you ok. and angle. how many degree can. if road are bit ascending up.
@doubleboost
2 жыл бұрын
35 / 45 happy at 25 will climb anything
@luthfienursantosowibowo4431
2 жыл бұрын
@@doubleboost thanks. since rare to see anyway.
@4speed3pedals
5 жыл бұрын
What year was this truck manufactured? I read somewhere that the steam powered versions were phased out in the 1930's. The truck looks showroom new.
@pussypostlethwaitsaeronaut8503
5 жыл бұрын
1929
@cojones8518
6 жыл бұрын
I hope you did that firebox shot was done with a mirror and didn't put your camera under flaming diesel. Edit: rewatching it, you didn't use a mirror. :( Next time use a large mirror under there stood up at a 45 degree angle that shows the view you want and film through that from a safe distance. Cheaper to replace a mirror than a camera or burned off skin.
@Granite
5 жыл бұрын
It was just'a quick shot.
@skydive7054
3 жыл бұрын
1:03 what the actual hell- did you throw a bottle of gasoline in that shit or what?
@stevedickson5853
6 ай бұрын
I noticed that too, got the fire going through ..😂
@JuliaCV9
4 жыл бұрын
oh so you have the best truck modern day can provide? thats cute because this thing (Sentenial DG8) is better
@williamPeaslee
6 күн бұрын
1:03 is it normal for fire to be coming out of the boiler like this? 😕
@bcbloc02
5 жыл бұрын
Harvistore sold their junk over there too? Does the Hercules have gears too? It sounds like it does.
@johnsmith-nl3js
4 жыл бұрын
2 gears but u select the gear u want when stationary
@HalfKaztBoy
Жыл бұрын
wow this vehicle sounds like a passing helicopter
@hanzkranz1319
3 жыл бұрын
Those chains 😱
@spentacle
6 жыл бұрын
Spelling, John, ffs. HERCULES man !
@Epiphone100
3 жыл бұрын
As an 8 wheeler tipper driver myself, I have to ask........what are the brakes like ????????
@Kromaatikse
3 жыл бұрын
Steam operated - so a bit weird. Probably best to avoid getting in its way.
@skydive7054
3 жыл бұрын
austrailia needs these to pull their road trains instead of the diesels.
@keysejkeysej
3 жыл бұрын
what it's comsumption of this? what maximum speed it can provide? how many BHP? this is good truck for zombie apocalypse when normall fuel it's very problematic :)
@Kromaatikse
3 жыл бұрын
Fuel consumption is "lots of coal" and "lots of water" - it is not cheap to operate under modern economic conditions. The label on the side of the cab states a 20mph speed limit. I believe the nominal power rating is 100hp, based on railway locomotives that were made using the same boiler and engine.
@keysejkeysej
3 жыл бұрын
@@Kromaatikse that a lot its possible to declarate in more SI units :) ex 25kg/10km, 1m3 water..
@skeeterweazel
6 жыл бұрын
It has a transmission, yes? How does it work? Thx. Marty
@johnsmith-nl3js
4 жыл бұрын
@CurlyG65 2 cylinder double acting engine. pretty sure this isnt a genuine dg8 but one that has been made out of various waggons are genuine ones are rare as hens teeth! pretty sure no examples exist. still a nice waggon all the same though
@Kromaatikse
3 жыл бұрын
It has two mechanical gears, operated by a lever in the cab - that is the signature feature of the DG series. I believe they can only be changed while at a stand, so you use them to prepare for a difficult hill, rather than starting in low and proceeding to high. It also has a cut-off lever for the steam engine itself, which is close to equivalent to "gears" for a locomotive. After the gearbox, there is a differential and a pair of chain drives to the wheels. The engine and gearbox are both mounted under the chassis. Incidentally, the double steering front axles are almost unique to the DG8 (the 8 referring to the total number of road wheels), as it was the first heavy road vehicle to feature them. Many of the other parts are standard Sentinel types that appeared on many wagons.
@carolineforbes8889
3 жыл бұрын
So it's still running today?
@alanhill4334
5 жыл бұрын
Do you put any oil in the cylinders to prevent corrosion during winter storage ?
@doubleboost
5 жыл бұрын
The cylinders are lubricated by oil suspended in the steam we manually operate the pump to put more oil in the steam for a few minutes
@johnsmith-nl3js
4 жыл бұрын
you want to crack the blower open a bit! send those flames up the chimney instead of up the shute! lost eyebrows from that in the past!
@dietagesretter5987
3 жыл бұрын
How fast can it run?👍🏻
@danielwaugh1091
3 жыл бұрын
Leaving beamish?
@kumarsanjeevasingh19
5 ай бұрын
Paper Wagon going home
@FrontSideBus
6 жыл бұрын
Just need a bit of Chris Rea blasting out the stereo...
@retromechanicalengineer
6 жыл бұрын
Get out of the firebox John man!
@nakedanimegirlspls
6 жыл бұрын
One of these upgraded with a diesel engine would be one hell of a daily driver.
@stevenwrigley9694
6 жыл бұрын
You mean downgraded
@britishreaction54
5 жыл бұрын
I can see you are struggling with this preservation concept.
@britishreaction54
5 жыл бұрын
@@nakedanimegirlspls They do drive it, using the steam engine. The public get to see it as intended, running on the steam engine. What do you know indeed.
@superdansilverman
6 жыл бұрын
great stuff as always, thanks for sharing. must have been a fun journey.
@brianrigsby7900
9 ай бұрын
1:01 is it hot under there?😂😂😂😂😂
@alanhill4334
5 жыл бұрын
How much payload could these wagons carry?
@doubleboost
5 жыл бұрын
18 tons
@luthfienursantosowibowo4431
2 жыл бұрын
that big?.wow..
@kumarsanjeevasingh19
5 ай бұрын
Team Wagon going
@chrisbevan6390
3 жыл бұрын
did you get got by a rogue bit of paraffin and kindling i thought i heard a millicurse :) i was just thinking that steam is a bit like common rail injection as used on modern trucks , but obviously nowhere near as good
@jaym.4611
2 жыл бұрын
It identifies as a bbq grill
@Trinity10iloveyall
3 жыл бұрын
So do these have engine braking, sorry I just don't know.
@doubleboost
3 жыл бұрын
Yes mechanical drum brakes powered by steam pressure on rear axles
@Благополучнытекоторыенедожилид
4 жыл бұрын
Вот это мафынка- паровоз. Самоделка или была такая.?
@stevedickson5853
6 ай бұрын
It's a Sentinal steam lorry, they were made like that , same with Foden steam lorrys, until diesel took over
@mpetersen6
3 жыл бұрын
There's a very good reason these are not being built today.
@stevedickson5853
6 ай бұрын
Diesel and petrol took over, also when these were built coal was plentiful and cheap
@paulthompson7280
Жыл бұрын
I want one , the way things are going we will be needing them back on the Road again 😂
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